Churchill Forest Industries readies near two million board feet
Churchill Forest Industries Limited reports over 1 750 000 board feet of timber ready on skid ways in the bush with about 40 men cutting and skidding. The firm plans to haul logs to the mill yard as soon as the log deck is ready and to begin cutting areas near Half-way Lake this week. Contracts include Nordverk Stantence Pies cher Cutter Limited near Atik Lake road P Nydegger east of Atik No 10 and John Lesko east of Root Lake. First sawmill phase due by Oct 1 1968 second by Oct 1 1969 with pulp mill engineering expected by March 1971.
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Churchill Forest Industries Limited
Jack Turk
Namen Lake
Atik
Watsco Construction
Manitoba
Half-way
Nordverk Stantence Pies
Cher Cutter Limited
Atik Lake
P. Nydegger
John Lesko
Root Lake
Turk
Pas
Public Relations Strains Taint Churchill Forest Talks in The Pas
The Pas Herald notes ongoing friction between The Town of The Pas and Churchill Forest Industries. A April public meeting with Manitoba minister Don Craik spurred plans for a three way agreement renegotiation and better liaison with small bush operators. Town Council urges amicable discussions while Mayor Harry Trager’s Winnipeg remarks provoke doubts about progress and timing of the sawmill project.
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Pas Herald
Pas
Churchill Forest
Don Craik
Manitoba
Mines and Resources
Churchill
Stan Reid
Craik
Stu Carey
Harry Trager
Winnipeg
Trager
Churchill Forest Industries
Herald
Reid
Carey
Celebration planned for August 5 Barb eque and Sports Day
Plans are complete for the August 5 celebration featuring a parade. Floats and participants will assemble on Halcrow Avenue at 10 a.m. with the parade starting at 11 a.m. The route runs from Halcrow through Eighth Street Gordon Avenue Fisher Second Edwards Third Cook and to No. 1 Highway by the Hospital, with continuation on page 4.
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Halcrow Avenue
Halcrow
Eighth St
Gordon Avenue
Fisher
Second St
Edwards Avenue
Third St
Cook St
Hospital
Sawmill and bush operations under way at Churchill Forest site
Work progresses at Churchill Forest Industries Limited sawmill site and in the bush near Atik Lake. Wes eel of Winnipeg has moved in to erect the building and the log deck nears completion. About 1,000,000 board feet of lumber have already been cut and lie on skids awaiting move to the mill.
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Churchill Forest Industries Limited
Wes
Eel
Winnipeg
Atik Lake
Forest Survey Ready By Early Part Of 1969
Manitoba government mobilizes about 25 men around The Pas to Cranberry Portage and Moose Lake for forest inventory work. Regional supervisor Stan Williamson says crews sample plots and use air photos to estimate species and timber volume, with area south of The Pas to The Bog already finished.
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Manitoba
Pas
Churchill Forest Industries Ltd
Cranberry Portage
Moose Lake
Stan Williamson
Department of Mines and Natural Resources
Civic Holiday Observed In The Pas On August 5
Next Monday August 5 marks a Civic Holiday in The Pas with a long weekend and the Pony and Light Horse Show plus beef barbecue at the Exhibition Grounds. The Herald office and plant close all day. advertising deadline for the August 7 edition is 11 30 AM on Tuesday August 6.
Uranium Claim Interest Near The Pas Manitoba
Farwest Mining of Toronto said it took under option 30 mining claims near The Pas for uranium and was negotiating for 30 more. The Herald learns the area may be Watts or Herb Lake region about 90 miles northeast of The Pas as staking surged in northern Manitoba two weeks earlier.
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Farwest Mining
Toronto
Pas
Herald
Watts Or Herb Lake
Manitoba
Town Engages Welfare Officer for The Pas
The Pas appoints full time welfare officer Joseph Fay from Dublin Ireland. He began duties last Thursday and will manage town welfare matters with the Province, including shared work. Fay has prior social welfare work in Leland and four university training credits in the field.
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Pas
Joseph Fay
Dublin
Ireland
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